Saturday 13 June 2009

12th June, Rangiroa, Tuamotus, French Polynesia

After a day on the boat yesterday we decided to head ashore to explore. The main town was 8km from the anchorage so after discussing our options we decided to get a taxi there and then try and hitch hike back. In town we had a walk round the shops and then started to walk out of town as there were a few shops on the outskirks. After a stop at the vineyard for a sample of the local wine we decided to start trying to hitch hike. After about 10 cars we were successful and got a lift with a lovely local lady who drove past her house to drop us at the dinghy dock and then gave us some green peppers she had grown in her garden.
At the dinghy dock we noticed that Ben (Silk Sheets) and Colin and Anna (Maya 3 - Colin - single handed Australian, Anna - a Canadian who joined him in Grenada as crew) were sat at the cafe so we decided to join them for some lunch. While we were sat at the cafe we could watch the boats and see that the swell had started again - by the time we had finished lunch it had started to ease off abit.
In the evening we were invited over to Maya 3 for a fish curry (yes Kate now eats fish and curry!!) and had a great evening only getting back to Newt after mid night.

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